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Re: Moving on to the next phase in my life

The kid came home hungry. Imagine that huh? We had cold cuts for a late lunch and we are having steak for dinner. Triple portion for the kid of course.

I am not going in tomorrow. Got Shannon coming in, and Haley from...umm I do not know where the fuck they borrowed her from LOL. She has worked in the Community Center before, and kind of knows what she is doing. Haley is a nice girl, kind of tall at about 5'8", slender, and shoulder length wavy light brown hair. Taking a sick day to be with the wife.

Leanne the manager is on vacation this week and with all the chaos the place is running better without her than it probably would with her here. She tries, but is all over the place, freaks out, and is not organized. I kind of want to send her to a slower facility like County Center, which needs a manager now. Can't do anything though till Megan returns on the 23rd, and I am seriously thinking about promoting her. Leanne lives near the County Center, and her move would be in no way punitive or a demotion.

She was fairly new at this when she got promoted, and it might have been a mistake to put a rookie in a high volume facility. Megan may be a rookie, but she is a super organized one, and she has worked as a park aide and helped out at the Neighborhood Center part time. So really she is not all that new.

Her and her brother seem to get along quite well, with him calling her "bitch" and her calling him "penis face". So yes I think they will work well together

Seriously they actually are pretty close, and she said he is a serious worker and is used to her ordering him around. He will be available for full time work the week after Halloween.

Re: Moving on to the next phase in my life

She was "extra hungry" and ate 2 large steaks, a helping of mashed potatoes taller than she is, then ate a heaping bowl of chocolate mint ice cream.

She waddled to bed around 8:30

She goes to the firehouse at 7am for a 12 hour shift. She wont be doing any more overnight shifts for the foreseeable future because she needs to concentrate on hospital clinicals and an occasional clinical at the Community Center. And she is smart enough to know that she cannot do that and work 24 hour shifts at the firehouse. And the Deputy Chief understands; its not like she is leaving them shorthanded either.

She wants her usual stack of pancakes in the morning, and even though I am not going to work I will be up early. Megans brother has the flu, and wont be able to work Saturday and probably not Sunday either. Haley will open on both days.

Turns out I have Emergency Leave days as part of my benefits package. I get 5 of them for things like your spouse being assaulted by a psycho bitch.

I can promote Megan but not to Community Center Manager just yet because she does not have the requisite amount of hands on management hours yet. I am making her First Assistant though, effective October 30, meaning she will be second in command at the Community Center and will function as acting manager in the absence of the Center manager. I cannot do it till the 30th not so much because she is on leave but because of the other people I have to move, and this has to be done in an orderly fashion or it will be a clusterfuck. Leanne is staying on as manager; we talked a few hours ago and she said she had some personal issues that were likely interfering with her work, and these actions have been resolved. I mentioned to her that we do have counselors there, and she said these counselors probably would not be able to help her with her hormone problem.

Fair enough

She also wants to work mostly nights from now on, 3pm-11pm, because that is when we are busy, and she is not a morning person these days. I kind of noticed that when she came in at 6:30am a few times

Megans brother coming on will help us fill some gaps in the schedule that we have that are hard to fill.

Me and the wife were talking earlier about the best females in the department now, aside from mid and upper management. Christine is by far. Yes that pain in the ass young lady with the runaway mouth. She does her job, owns her mistakes, does not lie, and she keeps her personal life and drama out of the workplace.

Megan is almost the same way except she is quieter, and chooses her words carefully before she speaks, no matter who she is talking to. She is big on respect, giving it and getting it, though the kid said when Megan was in juvy she would get room restriction frequently for talking back to staff She also dabbles in judo, though what belt she has earned I am not sure of. Note to self: I gotta remind her not to use her martial arts stuff except to protect herself or someone else from bodily harm. I think she knows this, but I have to mention it.

Re: Moving on to the next phase in my life

She has already had various blood tests with her last physical and everything came back ok. She keeps busy, mentally and physically, and aside from her chocolate mint ice cream, which she claims is good for her, she does not eat junk food.

The wifes leg is getting better but as the kid stressed it is still healing and she will be off until the 23rd. She has a followup next week, Friday I think, to get cleared for duty hopefully. She is allowed to walk but not overdo it, and this not one of these "no pain no gain" things.

The kid is at the firehouse and she is having a steady day, and wants a "light supper" when she gets home. Meaning a plate of mac and cheese piled higher than she is tall.

I checked on things at work around noon. The half brother was just leaving, and Haley was taking over and working till 9pm, and Shannon comes in at 5 and works till 11. Hope Haley is ready for the afternoon rush, which starts about 3pm or so on Fridays.

Megans brother has the flu and the poor guy is feeling like shit. She called me and said hes getting up all the time to piss and I said that is fine, just to make sure he keeps hydrated. As long as he is pissing that means his kidneys are working fine, and the flu virus does on occasion impair kidney function.

Re: Moving on to the next phase in my life

Half brother was cited and released by the Sheriffs Office for being drunk in public.

He was at a bar in the next town. His daughter dropped him off there and the plan was to go pick him up around 1am or so. Around 10 or a little after he went outside for some reason, fresh air most likely, when a passing sheriffs cruiser decided to check him out. The deputy thought the old goat had a bit too much to drink, and put him in the cruiser after handcuffing him, and taking him to the sheriffs substation. As a courtesy the deputy called me and let me know what was going on since we knew each other.

I called his daughter then headed to the sheriffs substation and saying he had a bit too much to drink was an understatement. But he was behaving, sitting at a desk across from the duty sergeant.

"The one night I go out and see what happens" he quipped when I walked in. He was coherent, but his eyes were bloodshot and his face was flushed, and when they gave him a breath test for his own safety he was a .17.

Most people at a .17 do not even know their own name. The deputy was a very nice young man, even the half brother said so, and he said he was not comfortable leaving him out there in his condition, and he did not want to take him to the regional jail. But he could not wait around for someone to pick him up. He was cited for an infraction, not a misdemeanor. The fine is $50 and it is prepayable, and the charge does not go on his criminal record at all, and is maintained in the sheriffs records only.

His daughter drove him home and when she showed up I reminded him to stay in his home for the rest of the night at least until Saturday afternoon. Rachel, my cousin and his daughter, said the old goat has a drink or two in the evening, and he has been talking for a while about going out to a bar, since he had not been in one in over 30 years.

He is 72 and can drink if he wants. The sheriffs office is not known for cutting breaks at all, and people charged with public drunkeness are usually taken to the regional jail and charged with a misdemeanor instead of an infraction. Get stopped by a deputy and you are most likely getting a ticket. The sheriff is old school, and is a firm believer of consistent, fair, and impartial enforcement of the law.

Someone is gonna have a hangover in the morning

As I said he is 72, and I think he went a little bit overboard because he went out. He is to be commended for not driving, and I do not think he is a regular heavy drinker.

Re: Moving on to the next phase in my life

garym wrote:

...Megans brother has the flu and the poor guy is feeling like shit. She called me and said hes getting up all the time to piss and I said that is fine, just to make sure he keeps hydrated. As long as he is pissing that means his kidneys are working fine, and the flu virus does on occasion impair kidney function.

Wife wants donuts.

I got vaccinated for both influenza and pneumonia, yesterday - No doctor, just the pharmacist at my local grocery store. I would've done it, last week; but the pharmacist told me that shots recommended for people over 65 weren't in yet. So he told me to come back on Friday of the following week, namely yesterday. This could've turned into a big mistake. Every day since, I've been seeing very sick people out in public. When influenza gets you, spreading the virus becomes your new reason for existing. That's why, as a slave to the virus, you are supposed to go out and cough and sneeze so as to infect as many people as possible. This is what people do.

Crossing paths with these infected people daily, I started to worry that maybe I should've gotten the shot for younger people. That way, I'd at least have had some protection as opposed to no protection. Well, I seem to have been lucky in not catching anything in the week that I procrastinated as advised. So now, I'm reasonably protected for the rest of this winter.

Next year, I may just say, "Fuck it," and get the young person's shot in early September. I've been lucky. Normally waiting until October or November doesn't work for me.

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I ran into the clerk that I grabbed and kissed, last week.

As treboRtreboR, I wrote:

...A few days ago, I was conversing with a store clerk while shopping. Saying goodnight or good evening, I impulsively pulled her into me and kissed her on the cheek. This was done before I could stop myself. I've done it before and she didn't seem to mind. However a fat older woman, not as old as me, reprimanded me for thinking that I can do anything I want. I snapped that I'd have kissed her too but wasn't wearing my red, 'Make America Great Again' hat for the occasion.

The fat lady did effectually put a damper on me though. Next time, I'll think twice about putting a hand on or kissing someone. Times have changed. What used to fly can get you charged with assault and arrested nowadays. Again the clerk that I kissed didn't seem to mind but you never know how someone might react. That's unless they're a close friend or a girlfriend.

This was a day or two before the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke the headlines - At least, I hadn't heard about it yet.

Yesterday, I got along great with the clerk but again, the fat lady really left her mark on me. Otherwise I'd have almost certainly kissed the clerk's cheek again. Same as last week, the impulse swept over me but before I could act, images of militant feminists, arrest, charges, prosecution and incarceration flashed across my mind. I don't know how to act anymore except to not act at all. Times have changed and that's just how it is.

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Speaking of donuts, the honey glazed variety go great with scalding hot coffee.

I only thought about making another batch of chocolate fudge brownies. Next time, I'll try butter instead of canola oil.

Re: Moving on to the next phase in my life

I got vaccinated and got the flu anyway, though the strain I had a while back was pretty mild and not the strain I was vaccinated against.

The kid is tired, and did not want to do a lot of anything today except of course eat.

The wife is up and around, and went to see her mother this morning like she does on every Saturday, then came home and we all had lunch, ham and swiss cheese sandwiches on rye bread, with the kid having a triple decker one of course.

Speaking of the kid is outside now sitting in a lawn chair sipping flavored water. If I know her the way I think I know her she will be inside with her head stuck in the fridge within about 30 minutes or so

Re: Moving on to the next phase in my life

Before I forget, the half brother has a hangover He remembers everything though, talking to a group of guys who were all also members of his VFW post.

I could have sworn the VFW had alcohol for its members and their guests. Or maybe their private bar is just not open every night.

At any rate he got off easy and he knows it. Drunk in Public can be a big deal around here, though it is not something me or the wife are going to arrest you for unless you are acting like a horses ass or are clearly so drunk that you are a danger to yourself or others. Even then we try charging with an infraction instead of a misdemeanor, though sometimes we have to do the latter when people start acting up or causing problems.

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